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Hands-On Design of BLDC Motor Control with Microchip MCUs

Warren Miller -
February 8,
2016
Motor Control Overview
This class will provide a quick refresher and overview of the key types of motors and motor control algorithms used with microcontroller-based designs.
Course Resources
Special Educational Materials
Authentication in IoT Nodes Will Demand SHA and AES SolutionsMotor Control Starter Kit - PTM
on the DM330015 starter kitReference Design
s and Development Kits can Dramatically Accelerate your Next Motor-Control ProjectIntroduction to BLDC Motor ControlDM330015 Kit Purchase from Digi-KeyKit User GuideDevelopment Tools OverviewMPLAB XC Compiler Web PageMPLAB X IDE Web PageListen/Download Archive (mp3)
February 9,
2016
Development Environment
This class will provide a background on the development environment typically found for MCU-based motor control designs. Attendees will learn the particulars of Microchip's DM330015 kit and target MCU.
Course Resources
Special Educational Materials
Authentication in IoT Nodes Will Demand SHA and AES SolutionsMotor Control Starter Kit - PTM
on the DM330015 starter kitReference Design
s and Development Kits can Dramatically Accelerate your Next Motor-Control ProjectIntroduction to BLDC Motor ControlDM330015 Kit Purchase from Digi-KeyKit User GuideDevelopment Tools OverviewMPLAB XC Compiler Web PageMPLAB X IDE Web PageListen/Download Archive (mp3)
February 10,
2016
Motor Algorithm Details
In this session, students will learn, in detail, the key brushless DC motor algorithm used in the hands-on design, including code.
Course Resources
Special Educational Materials
Authentication in IoT Nodes Will Demand SHA and AES SolutionsMotor Control Starter Kit - PTM
on the DM330015 starter kitReference Design
s and Development Kits can Dramatically Accelerate your Next Motor-Control ProjectIntroduction to BLDC Motor ControlDM330015 Kit Purchase from Digi-KeyKit User GuideDevelopment Tools OverviewMPLAB XC Compiler Web PageMPLAB X IDE Web PageListen/Download Archive (mp3)
February 11,
2016
Implementation Details
This penultimate class will dig into the details of the BLDC implementation and the debug and testing phases critical to MCU-based motor control design. The Microchip demo kit's capabilities will be explored in detail.
Course Resources
Special Educational Materials
Authentication in IoT Nodes Will Demand SHA and AES SolutionsMotor Control Starter Kit - PTM
on the DM330015 starter kitReference Design
s and Development Kits can Dramatically Accelerate your Next Motor-Control ProjectIntroduction to BLDC Motor ControlDM330015 Kit Purchase from Digi-KeyKit User GuideDevelopment Tools OverviewMPLAB XC Compiler Web PageMPLAB X IDE Web PageListen/Download Archive (mp3)
February 12,
2016
Example Designs
In our final class, we will describe other types of motor control implementations and provide links to resources for speeding development.
Course Resources
Special Educational Materials
Authentication in IoT Nodes Will Demand SHA and AES SolutionsMotor Control Starter Kit - PTM
on the DM330015 starter kitReference Design
s and Development Kits can Dramatically Accelerate your Next Motor-Control ProjectIntroduction to BLDC Motor ControlDM330015 Kit Purchase from Digi-KeyKit User GuideDevelopment Tools OverviewMPLAB XC Compiler Web PageMPLAB X IDE Web PageListen/Download Archive (mp3)
Instructor
Warren Miller